Intricately weaves psychoanalytic and developmental theory to explain how we become who we are, and how we might grow beyond the places we get stuck.

In recent decades psychological research and practice has focused heavily on cognitive domains, with far less attention paid to the nonverbal systems through which people register essential meanings. This has led many clinicians to seek disembodied and often mechanistic solutions to clients amp rsquo problems. But these approaches fail to recognize hidden sources of trauma, which can be difficult to access through conscious reflection. As the source of a trauma recedes further into the past and remains unexplored and unmourned, the effect can become a lingering adversity that masquerades as destiny-and this worldview can even be passed along through subsequent generations.

In this volume, Marilyn Charles argues for a more embodied, less mechanistic view of human development. To understand a client amp rsquo s problem at a particular moment in time, we must understand the history that has given rise to it, some of which the client may be able to tell us directly, but some that we must intuit from signs and symptoms because not all history can be recalled consciously. After drawing on psychoanalytic and developmental theory to ground her model, Charles uses clinical vignettes and comparisons with her own life to illustrate how we might facilitate our clients amp rsquo development.

Development is never final. It is an ongoing, lifelong process that can get off-track. Using the theory and techniques in this book, therapists can help clients find and integrate the missing pieces of their life story.

Marilyn Charles, PhD, ABPP, is a psychologist and psychoanalyst at the Austen Riggs Center, chair of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, and Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council. Affiliations include Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Universidad de Monterrey, and Harvard Medical School. Books include Patterns Constructing Realities Learning from Experience Working with Trauma Psychoanalysis and Literature Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering (with Michael O amp rsquo Loughlin) Women and Psychosis and Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness (with Marie Brown) and The Importance of Play in Early Childhood Education (with Jill Bellinson).

Contents: Introduction: Companions on a Journey
Part I. The Intra- and Interpersonal Context in Which Identity Develops
Chapter . Bion amp rsquo s Grid: Tracking Relational Versus Cognitive Development
Chapter 2. Affective Development
Chapter 3. Symbolization
Chapter 4. Identity Development
Part II. Interpreting Transference and Countertransference
Chapter 5. Transference and Countertransference
Chapter . Interpretation
Part III. Understanding Specific Symptoms
Chapter 7. Somatization
Chapter 8. Eating Disorders
Chapter 9. Borderline Versus Narcissistic Positions
Chapter . Narcissism
Chapter . Psychosis
Part IV. Applications
Chapter 2. The Oblique Angle: Psychoanalysis and the View From the Side
Chapter 3. Dreams and Field Theory
Chapter 4. Trauma, Resilience, and Psychic Time
Epilogue: Instruments in Need of Fine Tuning
References

A masterful writer and clinician, Charles has penned a volume that illuminates principles integral to psychoanalysis and depth psychology. With rich case histories that offer expert attention to eating disorders, narcissism, and psychosis, Charles stays close to her subject in a manner that demonstrates a style of gentle in vivo development in response to early traumas. While simultaneously providing ample footing for graduate students and analytic candidates seeking integration of theory and practice, this is a book that seasoned clinicians will also find illuminating. I highly recommend it and hope that it will become a sought-after cornerstone in supervisory seminars. - Louis Rothschild, PhD, independent practice, Northern Baltimore County, MD; author of Rapprochement Between Fathers and Sons: Breakdowns, Reunions, Potentialities In this work, Dr. Charles leads us on a guided tour through what psychoanalysis has to offer patients in the wake of early relational trauma. With clinical wisdom and sophistication, she weaves together theory and clinical examples in ways that are at once sweeping and simple. Dr. Charles amp rsquo s expertise and synthesis of the literature will fill gaps in the knowledge of experienced clinicians while also inspiring students to think about the nature of engagement. As in her other works, here Dr. Charles demonstrates her steadfast commitment to carrying the best of psychoanalysis forward in her own voice. - Christina Biedermann, PsyD, ABAP, Associate Professor, Illinois School of Professional Psychology at National Louis University, Chicago, IL Echoes of Trauma is equally evocative and accessible, bringing to life the legacy of trauma in the consulting room. It promises to inspire clinicians of all levels of experience to immerse themselves more authentically in the art of this work. An essential reading for anyone who works with traumatized individuals. - Stephanie Kors, PhD, Assistant Professor, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore Reading this book is like listening while a fine musician explores the possibilities of an instrument. The melodies that Marilyn Charles plays are familiar, but the ways she engages with them are creative and moving. Anyone interested in applied psychoanalytic theory and practice will find Echoes of Trauma both clinically useful and personally enlightening. - Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, Visiting Professor Emerita, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, New Brunswick, NJ With amp ldquo trauma amp rdquo literature proliferating over the last few decades, the subject can get rather tired and one dimensional. In Echoes of Trauma, however, Charles returns our formulations about trauma to a more sophisticated, developmental, embodied, and generously conceptualized form. Charles amp rsquo s text is a treasure of theoretical depth with tremendous clinical application. This is the very best of contemporary psychoanalysis. - David M. Goodman, PhD, Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Echoes of Trauma is a scholarly work by a master clinician that will be studied for years to come. The author amp rsquo s integrative approach may well represent the future of psychoanalysis. - Deborah Anna Luepnitz, PhD, Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Marilyn Charles weaves her wealth of clinical experience working with the most complex patients, her sophisticated knowledge of psychoanalysis, and elements of her own life story into a narrative that illustrates how therapists can accompany their patients on a journey into meaning. She demonstrates how trust, respect, attunement to mourning, and deep humility can create a space that invites even the most vulnerable patients into a journey toward healing and toward drawing wisdom from their own lived experience. - Michael OLoughlin, PhD, Professor, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY; coeditor of the journal Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society